At Taylor Shellfish Farms in Washington’s Puget Sound, fisherman can be found performing a seemingly odd ritual. One may stumble upon them stomping around on the sand, followed by a swift motion to ...

Mark and Christin Herinckx had only been living in their home on Oakland Bay for a year before they learned about the proposal by Taylor Shellfish: a 50-acre oyster farm, the size of several aircraft ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taylor Shellfish Company has reached a settlement with nearby homeowners and environmental advocates that will allow a large ...

The state's largest shellfish company for years has illegally farmed oysters and geoducks on nearly 16 acres of public land, according to state officials. The Department of Natural Resources, which is ...

“MY FIRST MEMORY,” Bill Taylor says, “is falling out of a boat when I was 3 years old or so.” The incident didn’t deter Taylor, now 69, from the family shellfish business. He and his brother, Paul, ...

A group of Johnson Point residents are opposing plans for a new commercial shellfish farm on Henderson Inlet, citing environmental concerns. Taylor Shellfish requested a permit for the proposed ...

Shellfish farmers like Ramiro Cordero, who works for Taylor Shellfish Farms in Bay Center, Washington, are used to being in uncomfortable positions and places. Farmers kneel in the sand, elbow-deep in ...

CHUCKANUT, Wash. — Taylor Shellfish Samish Bay is the winner of Best Seafood Stop in 2024's Best Northwest Escapes viewer's poll. A hairpin turn along Chuckanut Drive Spans Oyster Creek, which flows ...

Shelton’s Oakland Bay has joined Burley Lagoon in Gig Harbor as a takeover target by Taylor Shellfish. Taylor has filed for a permit to install a precedent-setting 50-acre oyster farm in the middle of ...

Taylor Shellfish Company has reached a settlement with nearby homeowners and environmental advocates that will allow a large proposed Pierce County geoduck farm to move forward, subject to several ...